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European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 06/26/09
Omloo JMT et al. - In a review of short and long-term advantages of transhiatal and transthoracic oesophageal cancer resection, this overview describes short- and long-term advantages of these 2 strategies.
Methods- 2 major surgical strategies to improve survival rates after oesophagectomy for oesophageal cancer have emerged during the past decades; (limited) transhiatal oesophagectomy and (extended) transthoracic oesophagectomy with 2-field lymphadenectomy.
- In the short term, transhiatal oesophagectomy is accompanied by less morbidity.
- In the long term, this strategy is only preferable for pts with tumours located at the gastro-oesophageal junction, without involved lymph nodes in the proximal compartment of the chest.
- For pts with tumours located in the oesophagus, the transthoracic route with extended lymphadenectomy is probably preferred, because of improved long-term survival.
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